the modern archive - Lassu (Prototype-Miniature) by Alessandro Mendini for the Vitra

Artist/Designer: Alessandro Mendini b. 1931, Italy   Title: Lassu´  Medium: Painted wood Dimensions: 9" h x 5.5" x 5.5", seat height 6.75" Manufacturer: Vitra Design Museum  Details: Prototype of 1:6 scale miniature. Shipped from Germany for use as sales model. The word Lassu´ is simply in letterpress characters. Very good condition. Notes from the Archive: An important design in Alessandro Mendini's career and it's history is preserved as part of the Vitra Design Museum Collection. In 1974, Mendini set two identical chairs on fire in front of the offices of Casabella, an Italian design magazine that he was then the editor, for a cover photograph.

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Vitra Miniature Lassu Chair by Alessandro Mendini, Germany, 1990 at 1stDibs

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the modern archive - Lassu (Prototype-Miniature) by Alessandro Mendini for the Vitra

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Lassu´ (1:6 Scale Miniature- Prototype) by Alessandro Mendini

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